Episode 1
The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
Oct 08, 1989 53 min
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
Episodes
Episode 2
The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
Oct 15, 1989 53 min
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
Episode 3
The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
Oct 22, 1989 53 min
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Episode 4
Under the Ice
Oct 29, 1989 53 min
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Episode 5
Land of Dragons
Nov 12, 1989 53 min
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
Episode 6
The Great Wood of Caledon
Nov 19, 1989 53 min
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Episode 7
Gorillas
Dec 10, 1989 53 min
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Episode 8
Forest of Fear
Dec 17, 1989 53 min
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Episode 9
Gran Paradiso
Jan 07, 1990 53 min
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Episode 10
Cranes of the Grey Wind
Jan 21, 1990 53 min
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
Episode 11
King Solomon's Mountains
Feb 04, 1990 53 min
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Episode 12
Hunters of the Sky
Feb 11, 1990 53 min
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
Episode 13
A Wolf in the Fold
Feb 18, 1990 53 min
The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
Episode 14
The Colorado
Mar 04, 1990 53 min
Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
Episode 15
The Emerald Isle
Mar 11, 1990 53 min
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Episode 16
Giant Otters
Mar 18, 1990 53 min
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
Episode 17
The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
Mar 25, 1990 53 min
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Episode 18
Presque Isle: Land in Motion
Apr 01, 1990 53 min
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Episode 19
Yellowstone on Fire
Apr 08, 1990 53 min
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Episode 20
Serpents
Apr 15, 1990 53 min
A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.